Sea trials of a damped vibration absorber installed on a 550 ton ship are described. The absorber was designed to increase the damping in the fundamental vertical bending mode of the ship. Vibration levels, as a result of wave action, were reduced by a factor of approximately six. (Author)


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    Title :

    Sea Trials of a Damped Vibration Absorber on H.M.A.S. Balikpapan


    Contributors:
    G. Long (author) / P. A. Farrell (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    41 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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